Things I love:
1. The misfortune of others.
2. Uncontrollable laughter.
3. Slow motion replays.

The story came out last week about a Chinese vendor making steamed pork buns out of cardboard. This sounded pretty bad, considering the tainted food products they’ve been sending overseas lately. Now comes word that Chinese police have arrested the reporter for faking the story. Now, if you were a reporter for a TV station in a communist country with no freedom of press, would you concoct a story that makes the nation look bad? Hmmmm.

"Sunshine" *** (out of four): With an intriguing premise, stellar visuals and an ending that spirals out of control, genre-jumper Danny Boyle's sci-fi effort is familiar without being dull.

It's always a gamble when an established director tries his hand at the science fiction genre. At best, you get results like “2001: A Space Odyssey” or “Alien”, at worst you get "Solaris" or “Alien: Resurrection”. But genre-jumping director Danny Boyle always does his research; he knows the rules of any genre he tackles. And while "Sunshine" - his story of 8 astronauts sent to reignite our dying Sun - isn't quite the "re-invention" we might expect from the man who made zombie horror cool again, it has stellar visuals, a moody soundtrack and, unlike its beleaguered heroes, atmosphere to spare.

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Well sorta...

Over at my real job (as an evil advertising creative director) I got the smart idea of hiring Frank to answer questions for a "marketing game show."

I'm sure your asking yourself, "What value could Frank bring to any conversation about marketing?"

That's a great question. Wish I had an answer for you. As is, we've been blessed with such Frank wisdom nuggets as:

and....

The gameshow will run for 30 days (or until I get fired for quoting Frank on our website) so there's plenty of action coming up.

Will Frank make the 5 year old he's competing against cry? Will he devise the next great ad campaign? Will he cough up a lung and be buried in a potter's field? Be sure to tune in every day to find out!

The long-awaited sequel to the Flash animation Dad’s Home from 2004 is here! Dad’s At Work by Sakupen is just as nutty, and promises to become a series. If you can take “to be continued” as a promise!

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